#THE CESS AND OTHER TAXES ON MINERALS (VALIDATION) ACT, 1992 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 
2.  Validation of certain State laws and actions taken and things done thereunder. 
3.  Repeal and savings. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE CESS AND OTHER TAXES ON MINERALS (VALIDATION) ACT, 1992 

##ACT NO. 16 OF 1992 

[4th April, 1992.] 

An Act  to  validate  the  imposition  and  collection  of  cesses  and  certain  other  taxes  on  minerals 
  under certain State laws. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title, extent and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Cess and Other Taxes on 
Minerals (Validation) Act, 1992. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India. 

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day of February, 1992. 

2. **Validation of certain State laws and actions taken and things done thereunder.**—(1) The laws 
specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, as valid as if the 
provisions contained therein relating to cesses or other taxes on minerals had been enacted by Parliament 
and such provisions shall be deemed to have remained in force up to the 4th day of April, 1991. 

(2) Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court, all actions taken, things done, rules 
made, notifications issued or purported to have been taken, done, made or issued and cesses or other taxes 
on minerals realised under any such laws shall be deemed to have been validly taken, done, made, issued 
or realised, as the case may be, as if this section had been in force at all material times when such actions 
were taken, things were done, rules were made, notifications were issued, or cesses or other taxes were 
realised, and no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of 
the cesses or other taxes realised under any such laws. 

(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nothing in sub-section (2) shall be construed 
as preventing any person from claiming refund of any cess or tax paid by him in excess of the amount due 
from him under any such laws. 

3. **Repeal and savings.**—(1) The Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Ordinance, 1992 
(Ord. 7 of 1992) is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be 
deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. 



 
 
 
##THE SCHEDULE 

*(See* section 2) 

1. The Andhra Pradesh (Mineral Rights) Tax Act, 1975 (A.P. Act 14 of 1975). 
2. The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Boards Act, 1920. 
3. The Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Area) District Boards Act, 1955. 
4. The Cess Act, 1880 (Bengal Act 9 of 1880) as applicable in the State of Bihar. 
5. The  Karnataka  Zilla  Parishads,  Taluk  Panchayat  Samitis,  Mandal  Panchayats  and  Nyaya 
Panchayats Act, 1983 (Karnataka Act 20 of 1985). 
6. The Karnataka (Mineral Rights) Tax Act, 1984 (Karnataka Act 32 of 1984). 
7. The Madhya Pradesh Karadhan Adhiniyam, 1982 (M.P. Act 15 of 1982). 
8. The Madhya Pradesh Upkar Adhiniyam, 1981 (M.P. Act 1 of 1982). 
9. The Maharashtra  Zilla Parishads  and  Panchayat  Samitis  (Amendment  and  Validation)  Act,  1981 
(Maharashtra Act 46 of 1981). 
10. The Orissa Cess Act, 1962 (Orissa Act II of 1962). 
11. The Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act, 1958 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1958).